Environmentalist to run for Seattle mayor
The Seattlepi.com is reporting that Michael McGinn, creator of the Seattle Great City Initiative, is running for mayor against incumbent Greg Nickels.
Michael McGinn
McGinn, a visible voice in Seattle’s environmental scene, champions parks, open space, transit and making Seattle as livable as possible. Seattlepi.com says he would concentrate on schools, improving the technology infrastructure by buildng fiber optic networking to every home and business and local transportation issues.
To read the story, click here. The Seattle Times also has it here.
P.S. The Stranger’s Dan Savage also says he is running for mayor, but that he would resign if elected in order to allow the Seattle City Council to elect someone else.
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March 26th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
[...] This year’s election provides the city with a huge opportunity to consciously settle this question. Will candidates for city office embrace the practices we know will reduce climate change, improve the health of the Puget Sound and support less use of the automobile? Compact communities that are safe to walk in with public open space and easy access to transit are what we must have. [...]